Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Aarons And Ackley* Annalee ST
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST (mono)
Albert Jones* Mother Nature The Facts of Life
Jonathan Edwards Girl from the Canyon Sailboat
Buddy Knox Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep ST
Happy Dolls Misty Blue Show Album No. 1
Buddy Knox That's Why I Cry ST (mono)
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Moanin Shirley Lewis Show Band
Oscar* McLollie She's a Child Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
David Amram Song for Kenya Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ernie* Smith Money Can't Buy Life Skareggae
Priscilla* Rollins Feel So Good Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Happy Dolls Drum Solo Show Album No. 1
Sidewinders I Like Your Stuff Flatfoot Hustlin'
Priscilla* Rollins You Send Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Priscilla* Rollins Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Aarons And Ackley* Could Have Had Anything You And I
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Jakiv Came to Visit Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Alpha Centauri Hard Life ST
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ursa Major* Lay Me Down ST
Aarons And Ackley* Five O'Clock You And I
Buddy Knox I'm In Love With You ST
Oscar* McLollie Love Will Get You ST
Oscar* McLollie Blues in Nova Scotia (Oscar McLollie) ST
Loni Gamble Could it be Love ST
Buddy Knox Rock-a-Billy Walk ST
Buddy Knox Party Doll ST
Ernie* Smith Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh Skareggae
Loni Gamble In love for the First Time ST
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Joe* Glazer We Shall Not Be Moved A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Dils* Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge) Made In Canada
Aarons And Ackley* L.A. You And I
Matt Lucas* I'm Movin' On The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Ellen McIlwaine Regretting Blues Everybody Needs It
Cal* Bostic May I Introducing...
Ursa Major* Stage Door Queen ST
Joe* Glazer A Douglas for Me A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra And I Love Her And I Love Her
Priscilla* Rollins Let the Good Times Roll Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Take Twenty Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine Cure My Blues Everybody Needs It
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Munition Maker War War War
Matt Lucas* Vibrator Blues Matt Gets Blue
Buddy Knox Devil Woman ST
Zambonis* Leave Your Stink at the Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Jack Holland Waco The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ernie* Smith Show Me a Sign To Behold Jah
Alpha Centauri I'm a Rebel ST
Ellen McIlwaine For Suki Fear Itself
Country Mcdonald Joe* Forward War War War
Priscilla* Rollins If You Should Lose Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Happy Dolls Hello Dolly Show Album No. 1
Tony McManus Chalaneru The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Sidewinders Can't You Feel the Fire Flatfoot Hustlin'
Aarons And Ackley* Take Me Home ST
Sidewinders Flat Foot Hustlin' Flatfoot Hustlin'
Zambonis* Live Intro - Hockey Monkey To Bleed Black and Gold
Country Mcdonald Joe* The March Of The Dead War War War
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Cal* Bostic In Love Again (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Lady's Dream And I Love Her
Oscar* McLollie Like to Live the Love ST
Buddy Knox Somebody Touched Me ST (mono)
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Priscilla* Rollins There Goes My Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Just a Few Words I'm a Song
Aarons And Ackley* Oh What a Good Time You And I
Jack Holland I'll Pick Her Up The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine You May be All I Need Ellen McIlwaine
Zambonis* The Greatest Season To Bleed Black and Gold
David Amram Little Momma Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Jack Holland The Eyes of a Dreamer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Aarons And Ackley* Devil Song ST
Nelson* Riddle Peace River British Columbia Suite
Zambonis* Mind Like a Playgroup To Bleed Black and Gold
Dave Gordon & Kay* I Love That Hockey Team I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow
Zambonis* The Hockey Song Playoff Fever
Loni Gamble Dance to it ST
Ellen McIlwaine Billy Gene Fear Itself
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars I Want a Girl Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Oscar* McLollie For the Good Times ST
Priscilla* Rollins Cry Cry Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* King of the Cops I'm a Song
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Hard Hard Times Shirley Lewis Show Band
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* O Moon Do Not Shine Ukrainian Pops
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* I Need You Amist the Black Eyes
Dils* Not Worth It (Ca ne veux pas le pleine) Made In Canada
Matt Lucas* Leave the Light On Baby Matt Gets Blue
Jack Holland There's More to Come The Eyes of a Dreamer
Country Mcdonald Joe* Young Fellow, My Lad War War War
Exponians My Peaceful World Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Albert Jones* You Stole My Love The Facts of Life
Alpha Centauri One Night at a Time ST
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billie Joe Honky Tonk Angel
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Green Power Love Serenade
Ursa Major* Silverspoon ST
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Honky Tonk Angel

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

Kyiv, 🇺🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

The Revelaires (3)

The Revelaires (2)

The Revelaires

The Revelaires You're So Wrong (1)

The Revelaires Great Pre (1)

Matt Gets Blue

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

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